POST OPERATIVE INSTRUCTIONS

LOWER EXTREMITY SURGERY

Fracture or dislocation

  • Keep bandage or splint/cast clean and dry. You may bathe in a shower but keep water off of the bandage or splint/cast.

  • Do not remove your bandage or splint/cast.

  • Do not bear weight on operated leg. Use crutches as instructed.

  • Elevate operated leg as much as possible.

  • Apply ice bags or use ice machine as instructed for pain.

  • Take prescribed pain medicine as needed for pain. You may switch to Tylenol a few days after surgery. Do not take more than 3,000 mg of Tylenol per day. DO NOT TAKE ANTI-INFLAMMORY MEDICATION (Advil, Motrin, Ibuprofen, etc.) for 1 month post-operatively.

  • Your follow-up appointment will be in a 3 weeks. PLEASE CALL TO SCHEDULE THIS APPOINTMENT.

    • UCLA 100 Medical Plaza, Suite 755, Westwood (310) 206-5250

    • UCLA Student Health (310) 825-4073

    • UCLA Athletic Training Room. Contact your athletic trainer to schedule

If you develop severe pain, temperature greater than 101.5°, inability to move extremity, severe bleeding, numbness, wound drainage or redness, call your doctor’s office immediately. After hours or on weekends, call the UCLA Page Operator at (310) 825-6301 and ask for the Orthopedic Resident on call or come to the Emergency Room.

Dr. McAllister's Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Areas of Speciality